New figures show that private sector landlords in the UK are confident in the future of the buy-to-let sector, according to research published today.

More than 67 per cent are positive about the outlook and are particularly confident about rental demand with 43 per cent believing it is now better than six months ago.

In another boost to the market, 33 per cent of landlords said that they would be looking for more investment within the next 12 months, which is up from 28 per cent last year.

A lack of finance is said to be the biggest problem to achieving the aim however as well as the high deposit requirements that come with buy to let mortgage products.